Prosthetics have come a long way since their inception, and recent advancements in
materials science have enabled the development of prosthetic devices with improved …

Marine mammals host a great variety of parasites, which usually co-evolved in evolutionary
arms races. However, little is known about the biology of marine mammal insect parasites …

Abstract Polymer cold-drawing,,, is a process in which tensile stress reduces the diameter of
a drawn fibre (or thickness of a drawn film) and orients the polymeric chains. Cold-drawing …

White light has often been used for surface illumination to acquire images for digital image
correlation (DIC) analysis. In recent years, fluorescent imaging technique has been …

Many mammals forage and burrow in dark constrained spaces. Touch through facial
whiskers is important during these activities, but the close quarters makes whisker …

Abstract Background The Stratum Corneum (SC) is the first barrier of the skin. The properties
of individual cells are crucial in understanding how the SC at different anatomical regions …

The skin is the largest organ in the human body and serves various functions, including
mechanical protection and mechanosensation. Yet, even though skin's biomechanics are …

Composite specimens are prepared by impregnating human hair in polyester resin.
Randomly oriented chopped Human hair with varied weight ratios and Fiber lengths are …

Microgrippers (MGs) are MEMS devices designed specifically for microscopic-scale object
manipulation, which makes them ideally suited for implementation in biomedical tissue …

Background Human nails play an important role in transmitting force to the fingertips, and
their mechanical properties are important indices. The nail has a three‐layered structure …